I’m just looking for a web based map where I can plot points where tree plantings should go. What product should I be using? This all looks WAAAAAYYYY beyond what I’m trying to do. Please do not suggest other platforms if this one is not what I’m looking for. I work for a city government so I can’t download anything or pay for any subscriptions.
OSGeo is not one product but a suite of tools. There are many that can service your request, but it really depends your comfort level and how much data you need to plot.
At the most basic level, you can probably use something like maplibre or leaftlet to satisfy your need if all you need to do is plot a bunch of points from a csv or other file.
Questions to consider to decide what is best for you:
- Where is your data stored? Is it a backend database or a file like a CSV
- Do you have access to a webserver, that you can deploy something
- What comfort level do you have with programming in general and what languages. E.g. you know how to construct an html page.
At the very least you are going to need a webserver to deploy your map.
Leaflet is pretty light-weight and probably a good one to start with if you can’t download anything and have not much knowledge with programming and have fewer than say 2000 points.
With that you can in theory do that with a single html page, link to leaflet lib, and some custom javascript, such as this - Using CSV Data with Leaflet
Before you even attempt that, you should try some of the leaflet examples:
https://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start/
More robust tools, if you want to be constantly reading from live data would require installing software. It won’t cost anything but will require you to download stuff.